UPDATE: Mercifully, the Royals have designated Sanchez for assignment.

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As if watching Melky Cabrera win All-Star game MVP while hitting .350 for the Giants wasn’t bad enough for Royals fans, now they’re being forced to watch Jonathan Sanchez implode every fifth game.

Sanchez, who was acquired from the Giants for Cabrera this offseason, has been the worst starting pitcher in baseball this year. Or at least the worst among starters who haven’t already been demoted from the rotation.

Sanchez’s latest clunker came last night, as he failed to make it out of the second inning against the weak-hitting Mariners while allowing seven runs. He’s now 1-6 with a 7.76 ERA in 12 starts, with more walks (44) than strikeouts (36) and 109 total baserunners in 53 innings.

That includes 23 runs in 17 innings over his last four starts, during which time opponents have hit .355 with a .462 on-base percentage and .658 slugging percentage off Sanchez. And yet as Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Starwrites, dumping Sanchez from the rotation still isn’t a sure thing for the Royals.

I’ve decided to slant my view of the trade as a Cabrera for Ryan Verdugo trade with Sanchez as a throw in.
There’s a bunch of chatter that Verdugo is getting called up to possibly make the start tonight, so we’ll see if that view of the trade eases the pain from an awful trade.

If you don’t know the situation then don’t comment. It makes you sound ignorant. Do you even know or understand why Cano was booed? It was not because he didn’t pick Billy Butler. It was because when asked a week or so earlier if he would pick a Royal he said yes that is would be the right thing to do. Had he not went back on his word he would not had been booed.

Why should a Royal be included you ask? Because the All-Star festivities are about the fans and the stadium was filled with 80%+ Royal Fans. Butler couldn’t have done any worse than the two captains.

One last point. I want to make sure that everyone understands that KC has some great, supportive fans. We have had a CRAPPY team for years(No post season since 1985), but if we even get a hint of a winner on the field we are there. The number of fans we draw to the stadium is a higher percentage of population than almost any other MLB city. Just because our ownership sucks, does not mean that this city is not passionate about their teams. We broke records for attendance of the All Star Futures game, the Celebrity Softball game, and the 5k run. I’m not sure how we did with the actual All Star Game, but you can bet the stadium was packed. We represented our city, and MLB better than any other city has in an all star game.

Cry me a river scrub. You’re the same fans who booed a guy playing on the AL team when “it means something”.

Oh wait, your shitty ass pathetic franchise won’t sniff the World Series any time this decade so it probably doesn’t matter to you.

If you’re such intelligent & passionate fans you wouldn’t give two shits about anything that happens surrounding the All-Star game until they address the bi-polar attitude of “it means home field..but fans pick the rosters”, “it’s really important..but every team has to be represented”.

Dude, if it were called the DOUBLES DERBY, KC fans would have a complaint. He is not now nor has he ever been a homerun hitter. I believe he would have selected a Royal if Hosmer or Moustakas (sp?) were available.

Sure, boo the guy. The KC fan reaction went a little over the top. You are decrying how wonderful the KC fans are, yet when they get their moment in the spotlight they go all /”Philly/” on one of the nicest guys on the team. His frickin father was pitching to him and KC fans (not all but some) started harassing his family.

If you are so proud about how the fans represented the city, you are deluded.

With the Twins’ own rotation struggles and Blackburn doing well in Triple-A, the Twin Cities media is commenting on how well he’s pitching down there and seemingly turning a blind eye to that 8.10 ERA.

Actually they did…and that’s why we were able to get Melky in the trade. But now the duct tape and chicken wire they used to hold Sanchez together seems to have fallen apart and all KC seem to get is the bad Sanchez. But I feel really bad for JS. I hate to see promising talent wasted. The kid has amazing swing and miss stuff…at least from what we saw in SF.

I held my breath with that trade…not sure if Melky had a fluke season. Now I am just holding my breath that we can keep him and sign him to a long term deal….Sabean…calling Sabean, get that deal done!

If he hits FA…I doubt we could afford to keep up with the number of teams that are interested in him now.

Oh I remember how bad JS could be. It was as frustrating watching Timmy this year. I was as frustrated as any Giant fan who watched a great outing followed by a 2 inning stinker. I am glad we unloaded when we did…but there were many Giants fans who wondered if it was the right trade for a bat…and we all now know how lucky we got in the trade in retrospect. Melky is not a fluke…at least the in shape, dedicated Melky.

I was just saying that Righetti and staff did a good enough job to keep JS on the radar of at least one team that would give us value in return.

Sanchez has always been a head case. I remember when Bay Area reporters would ask him about cutting down on the walks and he never seemed to get why that would be a good idea. I mean clueless.

We so don’t miss him.

As far as the Joe Nathan-Liriano trade for A.J., how many times do we need to rehash that one? A.J. has proven to be a longterm quality catcher, which the Giants needed at the time. But it wasn’t a good fit because of his personality and salary via arbitration. Nathan choked in the 2003 playoffs as a closer-setup guy in S.F. Liriano has been up and down with some big time arm problems that are a slider or two from coming back. Do you really think he is better than MadBaum, Lincecum and Cain?
What were Nathan and Liriano doing when the Giants went all of the way in 2010? The Twins never went any place special with those guys, so get over it already.